A golf weekend two hours from the city
Three courses within thirty minutes of each other, one hotel, one round a day and Stableford rather than medal. It is cheaper than a…
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Courses
Courses worth the drive and the green fee, from the Melbourne Sandbelt to Tasmanian links and Queensland resorts. What each asks of you, what it costs, and when to book.
Nine-hole and par-3 courses: the country secret
Nine holes takes two hours, costs about half, and posts for handicap exactly like eighteen. Par-3 courses concentrate the two thirds of your shots…
Pick the tees that match your carry
Multiply your driver carry by 28 to find the course length that fits you. A 185-metre hitter belongs on about 5,100 metres, and the…
Flying with clubs: packing, fees and quarantine
The damage happens at the top of the bag, when a loaded travel bag is dropped on its end and the longest shaft takes…
Golf and wine: Barossa and Margaret River weekends
The difference between this and a golf trip is the number of rounds: one a day, in the morning, with the afternoon belonging to…
A Queensland golf road trip: Gold Coast to Noosa
South-east Queensland is the easiest golf road trip in the country: tight clusters, courses built for visitors, and a peak season that runs through…
Tasmania’s wild links: Barnbougle, Lost Farm and Cape Wickham
These courses sit on dunes, not on a coastal view. The ground is genuinely firm, the ball genuinely runs, and the wind is the…
The Melbourne Sandbelt explained, and which courses you can actually play
The Sandbelt is a geological feature, not a marketing term: a seam of deep sand that drains in hours and makes the courses firm…